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Albany pitcher plant family
Cephalotaceae Dumort.
フクロユキノシタ科
A carnivorous plant family endemic to Western Australia. A monotypic family consisting of a single species, Cephalotus follicularis (Albany pitcher plant). Some leaves are modified into pitcher-shaped traps (pitfall type) that capture and digest insects.
Key Characteristics
- ●Some leaves modified into pitfall-type pitcher traps
- ●Pitcher mouth with a lid and lattice-like ribs
- ●Flowers small, white, with 6 tepals
- ●Perennial bearing both foliage leaves and pitcher leaves
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Growth form
Herb
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Leaf dissection
Undivided
Stipules
Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Petal count
6 petals
Petal fusion
Fused
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
6
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Oxalidales > Cephalotaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene (ca. 80–70 million years ago)
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Independent evolution of pitcher traps within Oxalidales (convergent evolution)
- ・Adaptation to nutrient-poor wetlands of Western Australia
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